A new study has shed light on how chameleon-like HIV virus constantly mutates into forms and gets away even from the best cocktail of current therapies. This understanding may help developing better tests and treatments for patients. Stefan Sarafianos, of the University of Missouri, revealed that the discoveries provide clues into HIV”s mechanisms for resisting [...]
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How â€chameleon-like†HIV virus eludes treatment by mutating
December 16th, 2010 |
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114 of new cases of HIV in 2010
December 6th, 2010 |
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A total of 114 persons infected with HIV were registered in Serbia in 2010, 25 of whom have died, Health Minister Tomica Milosavljević stated on Monday.
During a conference in Belgrade today on the role of parliament and MPs in preparation of effective measures of fight against HIV/AIDS, Milosavljević stated that a total of 2,554 persons who have been registered as HIV positive in Serbia, 1,524 of whom are Aids cases. Since its outbreak in 1984, a total of 1,071 HIV positive persons died from the virus in Serbia.
Carla Bruni to visit Safdarjung Hospital to see anti-natal, HIV care procedure
December 6th, 2010 |
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France’s First Lady Carla Bruni will visit the Safdarjung Hospital and the New Delhi-based Naz Foundation Trust, an NGO working on HIV/AIDS and sexual health on Monday. Most people around the world know Bruni as an Italian-born French songwriter, singer and former model, but few know that she is also the brand ambassador for the [...]
China to have 1.2m HIV-positive people by the end of 2015
December 4th, 2010 |
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A report scheduled for formal release in the first half of next year has revealed that China will have about 1.2 million people living with HIV/AIDS by the end of 2015. China already has 740,000 HIV/AIDS sufferers on the mainland and sex has become the major reason for the transmission, reports the China Daily. “Given [...]
HP, Clinton Collaborate on Infant HIV Testing, Treatment in Kenya
December 1st, 2010 |
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HP has joined with CHAI (the Clinton Health Access Initiative) to provide the technological backbone for testing and treating infants exposed to HIV in Kenya. – Hewlett-Packard has joined with Clinton Health Access Initiative to provide the technological backbone for testing and treating infants exposed to HIV in Kenya. Former President Bill Clinton founded CHAI in 2002 to boost integrated health systems around the world and increase care and treatment for …
The fight against AIDS: HIV’s slow retreat
November 25th, 2010 |
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One of the world’s worst plagues is giving ground
THE timing of the pope’s much-discussed change of position on the use of condoms to prevent the spread of HIV (he will now allow prostitutes to use them without fear of hellfire) was surely no coincidence. He made it on November 21st—ten days before World AIDS Day and two before UNAIDS, the United Nations body charged with combating the epidemic, released its latest report on the state of the battle.
That report carries good news. Though some 33m people are infected, the rate of new infections is falling—down from 3.1m a year a decade ago to 2.6m in 2009. Moreover, as the map shows, the figure is falling fastest in many of the most heavily infected countries, especially those of sub-Saharan Africa and South and South-East Asia. …
HIV Porn Industry Scare
October 14th, 2010 |
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There’s a moratorium on “Hoe Shit” on The Porn Scene this week…. A HIV scare threatens to sweep the adult film industry after an unidentified sex star tested positive for HIV, prompting two of the biggest porn studios in the country to halt production while the star’s sexual conquests are being determined, officials at a [...]
On the right path
September 29th, 2010 |
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Access to HIV/AIDS treatment is increasing for those who need it most
THE latest dispatch from the war on AIDS brings good news. At 5.25m, the number of people in poor and middle-income countries who were being treated for HIV infection at the end of 2009 was up 30% from the end of 2008. Eight countries achieved coverage of 80% or better and 21 others covered more than half of those in need. Though the new figure still represents only about a third of those who could benefit, the rate of increase is impressive. The news is doubly welcome, too, because it is now agreed that treatment, which has the effect of making people less infective, is an important way of stopping the spread of HIV as well as being desirable in its own right.
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Lindsay Lohan HIV-Positive? Twitter Hacker Claims LiLo Slept With Tommy Mottola
April 27th, 2010 |
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For those who still aren’t sick of hearing about The Lohans, there’s quite a few nasty rumors making their way around the Twitterverse this afternoon — and it seems they originated on her father’s account.Some Twitter hacker claims Lindsay has HIV and Daddy is suing- mad…. On Tuesday morning, Michael Lohan’s account on the microblogging website [...]
Why are women vulnerable to HIV?
April 9th, 2010 |
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Women are susceptible to the HIV virus that causes AIDS as it breaks the resistance of epithelial cells – the protective barrier that keeps infection out in the female reproductive tract, research says.
Half of the 40 million people infected worldwide with HIV are women. Among heterosexuals, women are the fastest growing group to be infected.
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South African president takes HIV test
April 9th, 2010 |
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South African President Jacob Zuma has taken an HIV test in an effort to encourage his countrymen to do the same.
“I am doing so to encourage as many South Africans as possible to do the same,” the president, who took the test Thursday was quoted as saying by BuaNews.
Zuma said though HIV tests are voluntary [...]
Religious leaders discuss HIV issues in the Netherlands
March 22nd, 2010 |
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Religious leaders and top UN officials began Monday a two-day conference in the Netherlands to debate HIV issues and religions’ response to the illness.
Several dozen Baha’i, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim and Sikh leaders were taking part in the conference taking place in Den Dolder near Utrecht in the central Netherlands through Tuesday.
Top United Nations [...]
Lady Gaga Cyndi Lauper V Magazine #64
February 26th, 2010 |
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“It’s quite awkward to be talking about my passion about the AIDS crisis and the gay community while doing my makeup but…Viva Glam!†— Lady Gaga, V Magazine 2010
This spring, kooky pop stars Lady Gaga and Cyndi Lauper join M.A.C. as the latest ambassadors of the cosmetics brand’s Viva Glam campaign, which has raised more [...]
HIV infection ages the brain prematurely
January 23rd, 2010 |
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HIV cuts down the blood supply to brain, prematurely ageing it in an infected patient – a condition seen in normal patients 15 to 20 years older.
“The greying of the AIDS patient community makes this infection’s effects on the brain a significant source of concern,” Beau Ances, an assistant professor of neurology at Washington University, [...]
HIV microbicides: Dashed hopes
December 17th, 2009 |
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A microbicide which, it was believed, might protect from HIV, does not
IN THE frantic search for ways to stop the spread of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a gel that women apply to their vaginas before having sex, in order to destroy or disable the virus, sounds one of the most desperate. Yet it is not a foolish idea. Unlike the most reliable form of protection, a condom, it is the woman, not the man, who makes the ultimate choice about whether to use the gel. (So-called femidoms, inserted by the woman, have been a dismal failure.) Moreover, such a microbicide, as it is known technically, might simultaneously protect against the virus that causes AIDS, but permit insemination, and thus eliminate objections from both putative parents and some religious authorities to the use of contraceptives to avoid infection.
Sadly, the latest test of a microbicide has shown no protective effect—a result more bitterly disappointing because it followed the apparently positive outcome of a smaller trial of the same substance. The substance in question is a naphthalene sulfonate polymer called PRO 2000 which (in the laboratory) blocks the process by which HIV binds to the cells in which it subsequently reproduces. …
Sonia Gandhi flagged off Red Ribbon Express Train to tackle HIV
December 3rd, 2009 |
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New Delhi: On the success of Red Ribbon Express Phase-1, Rajiv Gandhi Foundation chairperson Sonia Gandhi said, “we are on the right track because of the appreciation we got from the people.â€
She flagged off the Red Ribbon Express Phase-II from the Safdarjung station here to mark World AIDS Day on Tuesday. Ms. Gandhi went around [...]
Chinese children struggling with HIV stigma
December 1st, 2009 |
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FUYANG, China: In China, children who are infected with HIV still live with the stigma around them. These children is even banned from schools and abandoned by their parents and relatives.
President Hu Jintao last year shook hands with AIDS patients to try and reduce some of the stigma. On World AIDS Day — December 1 [...]
Annie Lennox HIV-Positive T-Shirt Creates Panic
November 30th, 2009 |
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British pop icon Annie Lennox shocked the crowd as she performed “Chain of Fools” with soul legend Aretha Franklin last night. Some fans who tuned into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame concert on HBO on Sunday became worried about Annie’s health after taking a glimpse at the singer’s t-shirt, which read “HIV POSITIVE” [...]